Mission Operations & Payload Specialist
Sid Maslekar
Plans pass scheduling and command sequences, and defines payload pointing, exposure and calibration.
“Floating in the eternal dark, we harvest the light of a fragile home.”
Specialisations
- Electric guitar
- Physics
- Complex mathematics
- Hypertrophy training
- Macro economics
How the role works.
Mission operations
Operations turns mission goals into pass schedules, command sequences and observation plans.
Payload planning
Payload work considers pointing, exposure and calibration so measurements can be interpreted.
Ground coordination
Operations coordinates imaging requests with spacecraft availability and downlink opportunities.